British Politics thread

I will have to read up on it in a bit more detail, but the UK seems to have agreed to a very soft Brexit (wrapped in a thin hard Brexit wrapper) if the details of this latest deal are accurate. Which begs the question, what was the point of it all? I honestly would have expected to hear more protest from the hard Brexit faction of the Conservative party.

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Subject: Re: British Politics thread Sun Dec 10, 2017 4:47 am

It's yet another British political fudge. Just have a look at the Northern Ireland peace process to see a litany of these types of agreements. Kicking the difficult points into the long grass or a future court case at the ECJ.

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Subject: Re: British Politics thread Tue Feb 20, 2018 12:54 am

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Subject: Re: British Politics thread Tue Feb 20, 2018 9:16 am

Argh, my eyes, my eyes!

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Subject: Re: British Politics thread Tue Mar 06, 2018 3:32 am

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Subject: Re: British Politics thread Tue Mar 06, 2018 6:03 pm

Erica Ambler wrote:

The cultural Marxists have finally succeeded in their most dangerous practical joke to date. They've convinced the ruling and chattering classes that gender is a construct.

To celebrate, here is an amusing bit of Photoshop; the last 12 British PMs with their genders transposed. I have to say the Maybot and Lady Thatcher make very convincing men, while female Wilson-with-pipe is quite alluring.

Fuck. Didn't think it was possible to make Tony Blair look like a bigger cunt, but a Soccer Mom doppelganger does the trick.

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Subject: Re: British Politics thread Tue Mar 06, 2018 6:28 pm

Churchill looks kind of mischievous.

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Subject: Re: British Politics thread Wed Mar 07, 2018 8:02 am

Cameron oddly seems no different.

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Subject: Re: British Politics thread Fri Mar 09, 2018 8:05 am

So we have now reached the point that Vladimir Putin believes he can just get away with a poisoning that leaves 21 British citizens needing treatment.

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Subject: Re: British Politics thread Fri Mar 09, 2018 11:05 am

Erica Ambler wrote:

The cultural Marxists have finally succeeded in their most dangerous practical joke to date. They've convinced the ruling and chattering classes that gender is a construct.

To celebrate, here is an amusing bit of Photoshop; the last 12 British PMs with their genders transposed. I have to say the Maybot and Lady Thatcher make very convincing men, while female Wilson-with-pipe is quite alluring.

Where is Sir Alec Douglas-Home?? Seems he's been airbrushed out of British political history!

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Subject: Re: British Politics thread Fri Mar 09, 2018 5:52 pm

Salomé wrote:

So we have now reached the point that Vladimir Putin believes he can just get away with a poisoning that leaves 21 British citizens needing treatment.

Yes, he does.

Boycotting the footsie world cup will show 'em though.

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Subject: Re: British Politics thread Fri Mar 09, 2018 7:55 pm

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Subject: Re: British Politics thread Fri Mar 09, 2018 11:58 pm

Erica Ambler wrote:

Salomé wrote:

So we have now reached the point that Vladimir Putin believes he can just get away with a poisoning that leaves 21 British citizens needing treatment.

Why are continentals unable to grasp the concept of innocent until proven guilty? It's a cornerstone of any civilised society.

Had I known that my B&B posts carried the authority and weight of a judicial ruling, I would have taken more care.

So you personally don't believe Russia was involved in this?

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Subject: Re: British Politics thread Sat Mar 10, 2018 5:29 am

Salomé wrote:

Erica Ambler wrote:

Salomé wrote:

So we have now reached the point that Vladimir Putin believes he can just get away with a poisoning that leaves 21 British citizens needing treatment.

Why are continentals unable to grasp the concept of innocent until proven guilty? It's a cornerstone of any civilised society.

Had I known that my B&B posts carried the authority and weight of a judicial ruling, I would have taken more care.

So you personally don't believe Russia was involved in this?

In terms of modus operandi I think that any outside observer who be entitled to the view that Putin's Russia is the chief suspect in this attempted murder. That us surely undeniable, given their track record of foreign assassinations of double agents and traitors to their cause

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Subject: Re: British Politics thread Sat Mar 10, 2018 10:46 pm

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It all reminds me of Fleming's assertion that nothing in Bond was more unlikely than the real-life SMERSH's plot to carry out an assassination with a poison-pellet firing gadget disguised as a cigarette packet, or the U-2 spy-plane affair.

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Subject: Re: British Politics thread Mon Mar 12, 2018 1:34 am

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